Deadly Secrets
by: Elizabeth Lupin
Disclaimer: All characters (except for Elizabeth and possibly Mrs. Lupin) and place are sole property of JK Rowling. I'm just using them from my story. :-) PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!!!
Note: Sorry this took so long to get up. But I have had some terrible writer block lately. So this chapter may not be very good. Please tell me what you think..R/R!
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The usual busy activity that filled Diagon Alley this time of year stoped as Remus drug his sister by the wrist out of the gathering crowd. People around them were muttering there their disapprovals, some were muttering there amazment, others just stood there in complete shock. Walking quickly, Remus pushed past the wall of people and continued, taking long steps, down the street. Elizabeth stumbled after. The grip on her wrist was tightening my the second. Remus's long fingers pressed ever harder into her flesh.
"Ow..Remus..your hurting me.."
Remus stopped and let go of Elizabeth.
"What was that all about?!?" he asked, turning to face the young girl
"He was making fun of you...I had to do something." Elizabeth sighed, rubbing her wrist.
"I'm a grown boy, I can stick up for myself."
"Well, you weren't doing a very good job of it."
Remus just shook his head. Placing his hands on her shoulders he lead his sister into the nearby shop.
"Lets just finish getting your stuff and go home, before anything else happens."
The rest of the afternoon went by uneventfully and before long they were back inside the Lupin family room, bags and boxes in hand.
"Well, well...your back" Mrs. Lupin greeted her children as she appeared from the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
"Yep, and we got all of my stuff too." Elizabeth smiled over a giant bag full of books and school supplies.
"So did I. Come on Elizabeth let's put our stuff stairs" Remus said, motioning to the stairs with his head.
Elizabeth nodded and both of them started for the stairs when Mrs. Lupin cleared her throat,
"Try not fighting anything on the way up, I don't want anything broken."
Remus and Elizabeth stopped dead in their tracks. Slowly turning, they came face to face with thier mother. Her eyebrows were raised and her arms were tucked under one another. Her left toe was tapping and the kitchen towel was hanging from her right elbow.
"Do one of you want to tell me what happened?"
"Um....", Elizabeth said.
"Elizabeth Anne Lupin, you best start explaining yourself." Mrs. Lupin stated, sitting down on the overstuffed sofa.
"It's kinda a long story.." Elizabeth quietly said
"I have all night," Mrs. Lupin said, patting the sofa beside her, "Now tell me, what happened?"
Elizabeth sat down next to her gleaming mother. Her heart sank and butterflies started fluttering in her stomach. She could feel the heat rising in her face.
"I got into a fight with someone." she meeking said, immediately looking down at the floor.
"Hmm.Care to elaborate??" Mrs. Lupin said, giving her daughter the Mom Look.
"On Liz's behave," Remus interjected, "He was harrassing us, and if you knew him, you would understand that he completely deserved it."
"That still doesn't matter. Elizabeth, fighting is NOT the way to work things out. Your father and I have tried to teach you two that hundreds of times. And how do you repay us, but breaking someones nose."
"How did you know that....."
"Mother's know EVERYTHING," Mrs. Lupin said, her eyes widening "What am I going to do with you?"
Elizabeth shyly smiled. She just knew something hideous was on the way.
"I know, Elizabeth you are to wash the dishes, clean your room, and denome the garden WITHOUT magic."
Elizabeth's jaw dropped.
"The muggle way. But MOOOMMM, that'll take forever."
"Exactly..," Mrs. Lupin smiled "Than maybe you will think about what you did and realize that fighting is not the answer. Now go up stairs and start on that room, I'll call you for dinner."
Elizabeth got up and picked up her bags and slumped up the stairs. Remus followed, but he only reached the third step when his mother said,
"Remus, I'm very disappointed in you."
Remus stopped. He dreaded hearing those five words. The approval and trust of his parents meant everything to him. And this afternoon, he had lost that.
Sighing, he continued up the stairs.
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by: Elizabeth Lupin
Disclaimer: All characters (except for Elizabeth and possibly Mrs. Lupin) and place are sole property of JK Rowling. I'm just using them from my story. :-) PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!!!
Note: Sorry this took so long to get up. But I have had some terrible writer block lately. So this chapter may not be very good. Please tell me what you think..R/R!
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The usual busy activity that filled Diagon Alley this time of year stoped as Remus drug his sister by the wrist out of the gathering crowd. People around them were muttering there their disapprovals, some were muttering there amazment, others just stood there in complete shock. Walking quickly, Remus pushed past the wall of people and continued, taking long steps, down the street. Elizabeth stumbled after. The grip on her wrist was tightening my the second. Remus's long fingers pressed ever harder into her flesh.
"Ow..Remus..your hurting me.."
Remus stopped and let go of Elizabeth.
"What was that all about?!?" he asked, turning to face the young girl
"He was making fun of you...I had to do something." Elizabeth sighed, rubbing her wrist.
"I'm a grown boy, I can stick up for myself."
"Well, you weren't doing a very good job of it."
Remus just shook his head. Placing his hands on her shoulders he lead his sister into the nearby shop.
"Lets just finish getting your stuff and go home, before anything else happens."
The rest of the afternoon went by uneventfully and before long they were back inside the Lupin family room, bags and boxes in hand.
"Well, well...your back" Mrs. Lupin greeted her children as she appeared from the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
"Yep, and we got all of my stuff too." Elizabeth smiled over a giant bag full of books and school supplies.
"So did I. Come on Elizabeth let's put our stuff stairs" Remus said, motioning to the stairs with his head.
Elizabeth nodded and both of them started for the stairs when Mrs. Lupin cleared her throat,
"Try not fighting anything on the way up, I don't want anything broken."
Remus and Elizabeth stopped dead in their tracks. Slowly turning, they came face to face with thier mother. Her eyebrows were raised and her arms were tucked under one another. Her left toe was tapping and the kitchen towel was hanging from her right elbow.
"Do one of you want to tell me what happened?"
"Um....", Elizabeth said.
"Elizabeth Anne Lupin, you best start explaining yourself." Mrs. Lupin stated, sitting down on the overstuffed sofa.
"It's kinda a long story.." Elizabeth quietly said
"I have all night," Mrs. Lupin said, patting the sofa beside her, "Now tell me, what happened?"
Elizabeth sat down next to her gleaming mother. Her heart sank and butterflies started fluttering in her stomach. She could feel the heat rising in her face.
"I got into a fight with someone." she meeking said, immediately looking down at the floor.
"Hmm.Care to elaborate??" Mrs. Lupin said, giving her daughter the Mom Look.
"On Liz's behave," Remus interjected, "He was harrassing us, and if you knew him, you would understand that he completely deserved it."
"That still doesn't matter. Elizabeth, fighting is NOT the way to work things out. Your father and I have tried to teach you two that hundreds of times. And how do you repay us, but breaking someones nose."
"How did you know that....."
"Mother's know EVERYTHING," Mrs. Lupin said, her eyes widening "What am I going to do with you?"
Elizabeth shyly smiled. She just knew something hideous was on the way.
"I know, Elizabeth you are to wash the dishes, clean your room, and denome the garden WITHOUT magic."
Elizabeth's jaw dropped.
"The muggle way. But MOOOMMM, that'll take forever."
"Exactly..," Mrs. Lupin smiled "Than maybe you will think about what you did and realize that fighting is not the answer. Now go up stairs and start on that room, I'll call you for dinner."
Elizabeth got up and picked up her bags and slumped up the stairs. Remus followed, but he only reached the third step when his mother said,
"Remus, I'm very disappointed in you."
Remus stopped. He dreaded hearing those five words. The approval and trust of his parents meant everything to him. And this afternoon, he had lost that.
Sighing, he continued up the stairs.
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